Quotes Tagged With :historical

...the long blue shadows of afternoon advanced before me like cheerful ghosts of last summer's growth,....

With unsteady hands, Phillip yanked on the mare’s bridle straps while trying to loosen one of the stubborn....

Christ's father let him die on that cross. I understand why he done it. But Christ never had no granny....

Most of my money remains in England, although my unworthy carcass may not under usual circumstances .......

I want to... have fun with writing again. Enjoy my work, enjoy playing with the language and characters....

I had turned to leave and he had called after me. “Miss Maria, I kin no other woman who could be wearing....

Confession is good for the soul even after the soul has been claimed” (p. 381).

As their figures recede, it strikes Filsan as ironic that they had delayed fleeing so they could take....

She told him ... how her heart had fairly skipped a beat when she'd seen him standing in the middle of....

The sun had just slipped behind the trees and evening cast its dark, smoky shadow.